Ferrule for umbrellas



(No Model.)

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FERRULE FOR UMBRELLAS, CANES, &c.

N0. 407,375. Patented July-f2s, 188s.

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ATENT 1 COMLY lS. SMITH, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

FERRULE Fos- UMBRELLAS, cesse, seo.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 407,375, dated July 23, 1889.

Application filed February 5, 1989.' Serial Ne. 298,750. I (No model.)

nia,` have invent-ed a certain new and useful Improvement in Ferrules for Umbrellas, Canes, Parasols, dsc.; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. L

My invention has relation to that class of i'errules or tips for the ends of umbrellasticks, canes, the., which consist of two partsviz., the ferrule shank or stem proper and the tip or end'secured thereto. These points or tipsV are usually of steel or iron soldered to the shank. o.

- My invent-ion is in imitation of steel-pointed ferrules; and it consists in a tip or cup struck from a single plate or disk and havingthe outer rim of the sides of the cup of a'circumference equal to or slightly greater than the inner circumference of the lower end of 'the torride-shank, as hereinafter described.

'Ihe object ef my invention is to produce a so-called steel-pointed ferrule, which by reason of the method of construction, as hereinafter described, can be manufactured at a great saving of time, labor, and expense, and at the same time have the appearance of a ferrule having a solid steel point, and will ontlast the lit'e of an ordinary umbrella or parasol to which it is applied.

In the accompanying drawings, 4Figure 1 represents a cross longitudinal sectional view of my improved ferrule disconnected from t-he umbrella-stick or cane. Iiig. 2 is a perspective View ofthe shank and the cup disconnected. Fig. 3 shows my improved ferrule attached in position to an umbrella.

ll represents the ferrule-shank.,

l) represents the cup or tip'. The cup or tip l) is struck or formed from a single disk. The outside `circumference of the sides of the cupfor'tip D is about equal to or slightly greater than' the inside circumference of the lower end of the ferrule-shank B.

The usual method of inserting the steel point or other cup or tip is to have the 'up-v per part et' the tip nicely turned to tightly tit into the lower end of the t'errul'e-shank, and the saine are then titled together by inserting` the lip nt the lower end and securing it thereto. l

In my invention l insert the cup or tip D into the ferrule-shank B from above, with the open part vof the cup or tip D up. I then force `the said cup or tip D to its proper po- .sition, as shown in I1`igs..1v and 3, in which position it is secured by soldering in the usual 'l`he`eircumference of the sides of the cup or tip D being, as .before described, slightly greater than the insideI circumference of the ferrule-shank B, the cupor tipD fits tightly and firmly in the end of the ferrule-shank`B- lVhen the cup or tip D is se cured to the ferrule-shank B and polished or turned,'it presents the appearance of a steelpoiuted ferrule.

down into proper position produces. a great saving of time and labor over the old system of making .tipped fel-rules. It will be noticed that as the cup or tip D is forced down thronghthe torride-shank il, both li and DSing, usually partially conical, the sides of the cup or tip D as it approaches its position in the end of the shank B will yield,

been heretofore invented-such as double.v

capped sheet-metal ti ps having a shoulder as in steel-pointed tips, and adapted to be secured to the extremity of the shank cf the fer' rule in the samc'manner as such steel points are secured thereto, as before described.

llavingthus described my invention, what I clannand desire to secure by Lei-ters latent, 1sf In a ferrule, in cinnbinatien with the shank or stem 15,1 hollow enp or tipi), having sides adapted to yield in being forced in position from above, said en p or tip secured iirinly in position with end protruding from said for rule-shank by sold ering cr otherwise; substan tiully as described.

It `witness wher-.fret i. have hereunto not my hand this -lth dayol February, it, li, lefr.

Witnesses:

W. G. GnnfWri-i, tieners ln'rrrr.

The method of droppingthecnp or-tip into the ferrule-shank from above -and forcing it 

